Saul Gabriel Millan (b.1994) is a multidisciplinary artist and composer from the border town of Nogales, Sonora/Arizona. Millan began his artistic journey as a classically trained musician and studied Jazz at the University of Arizona. After his studies, Saul moved to Phoenix, Arizona where he formed punk-cumbia band, Los Esplifs. Millan’s introduction to visual arts came with his move to Phoenix, designing flyers for local art and music shows. After the wheat paste and punk shows hit a limit, Saul began to create and
mold his current art practice. By mixing musical performance, assemblage, and sculpture, Millan explores sound and its unique responsibility in explaining, and altering reality. Exploring synesthesia, Saul utilizes the musical concept of "Sampling"
(the process of taking a piece of audio and reworking it as part of a new composition),
as the framework in creating his visual works. Similar to a Hip Hop producer or Musique Concrete Artist, through assemblage and Readymade sculpture, Millan "Samples" his surroundings and explores the decontextualization
of the object and its infinite new possibilities.
Since 2022, Millan has presented his work at Museo de Arte de Sonora (MUSAS) (Hermosillo, Sonora), Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Casa Rafael Galvan (Cuidad de Mexico), Phoenix Art Museum (Phoenix, AZ) and Palabra Collective (Phoenix, AZ).
Saul currently lives and works in Phoenix, Arizona.
mold his current art practice. By mixing musical performance, assemblage, and sculpture, Millan explores sound and its unique responsibility in explaining, and altering reality. Exploring synesthesia, Saul utilizes the musical concept of "Sampling"
(the process of taking a piece of audio and reworking it as part of a new composition),
as the framework in creating his visual works. Similar to a Hip Hop producer or Musique Concrete Artist, through assemblage and Readymade sculpture, Millan "Samples" his surroundings and explores the decontextualization
of the object and its infinite new possibilities.
Since 2022, Millan has presented his work at Museo de Arte de Sonora (MUSAS) (Hermosillo, Sonora), Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Casa Rafael Galvan (Cuidad de Mexico), Phoenix Art Museum (Phoenix, AZ) and Palabra Collective (Phoenix, AZ).
Saul currently lives and works in Phoenix, Arizona.
